You’re not wrong, and the post does say that - starting your own company or creating something new isn’t something that everyone can do, and it’s a tiny, tiny percentage who are actually successful. That’s why the first option they listed is to just join big tech and be a regular cog in the wheel. Obviously as I said, 300k is definitely NOT something you get as a fresh grad. But option 1 is the path of 99.99% of people, becoming an employee. And as I mentioned, that’s hard to do if you can’t even get your foot in the door in the first place.
But really read what the guys saying. 2 and 3 are basically the same thing.
Oh yeah no job? Just go become a start-up founding engineer. Problem, bud?
It’s delusional idiocy. All of it.
Edit to extrapolate on my underlying, unspoken point
I think there’s an elephant in the room that’s very difficult for people to accept: the era of semi-qualified people getting jobs straight out of school went bye-bye and it’s never coming back.
If you’re not the top five or 10 being scouted actively in your graduating class, you’re basically doomed. Further to that, if you haven’t been scouted, you’re not the kind of person who has the skill to do any of the other suggestions the man puts forward.
I don’t want to speak in such dark terms but I’ve lived this life. It’s game over for people who aren’t eating, breathing, and shitting tech every minute of their life.
You’re not wrong, and the post does say that - starting your own company or creating something new isn’t something that everyone can do, and it’s a tiny, tiny percentage who are actually successful. That’s why the first option they listed is to just join big tech and be a regular cog in the wheel. Obviously as I said, 300k is definitely NOT something you get as a fresh grad. But option 1 is the path of 99.99% of people, becoming an employee. And as I mentioned, that’s hard to do if you can’t even get your foot in the door in the first place.
But really read what the guys saying. 2 and 3 are basically the same thing.
Oh yeah no job? Just go become a start-up founding engineer. Problem, bud?
It’s delusional idiocy. All of it.
Edit to extrapolate on my underlying, unspoken point
I think there’s an elephant in the room that’s very difficult for people to accept: the era of semi-qualified people getting jobs straight out of school went bye-bye and it’s never coming back.
If you’re not the top five or 10 being scouted actively in your graduating class, you’re basically doomed. Further to that, if you haven’t been scouted, you’re not the kind of person who has the skill to do any of the other suggestions the man puts forward.
I don’t want to speak in such dark terms but I’ve lived this life. It’s game over for people who aren’t eating, breathing, and shitting tech every minute of their life.